F    C    G    C    C

[Verse 1]
C            F              G                C
Daddy didn't see me take my first steps as a child
    F                C                    Dm           G7
The railroad had him haulin' cows through Texas at the time
    C                F                 G               C
The night I kicked a field goal at the big homecoming’ game
F                                            G
Dad was kickin' hobos off another damned ol' train


[Verse 2]
C             F             G                C
Momma did her best to do it all when dad was gone
    F                 C                 Dm           G
And every night she'd swear he'd really rather be at home
C                F                   G               C
Sometimes we'd believe her till we'd look in daddy's eyes
     F                                        G
He'd have that faraway look he never could disguise


[Chorus]
F                                   G
  Momma loved daddy but daddy loved trains
    F                                              G
The steel rails controlled him like whiskey in his brain
C          F           G                  C
Number two diesel fuel flowed through his veins
F           C         G           F       C
Momma loved daddy but daddy loved trains


[Bridge]
                    F                  G             C
Now that I've grown older there's some things I understand
   F               C         Dm                G
It takes a special person to love that kind of man
   C                F                G                  C
In ways I guess I'm different but in way's I'm just the same
     F                                                G
I've grown to love somebody like my daddy loved those trains


[Chorus]
F                                 G
Momma loved daddy but daddy loved trains
    F                                              G
The steel rails controlled him like whiskey in his brain
C          F           G                  C
Number two diesel fuel flowed through his veins
F           C         G           C
Momma loved daddy but daddy loved trains


[Outro]
F                                 G
Momma loved daddy but daddy loved trains
    F                                              G    Am  G
The steel rails controlled him like whiskey in his brain
C            F           G                  Am
  Number two diesel fuel flowed through his veins
F             C         G             F      F   G  C
  Momma loved daddy but   daddy loved trains